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Marilyn Bentley, who has served as chief deputy clerk of the Baltimore City Circuit Court since May 2015, was named clerk of the circuit court on Thursday. Bentley will fill the vacancy created last month by the death of former ...

A Baltimore jury earlier this month awarded almost $97,000 to a couple who bought a vehicle from a used car dealership in Baltimore only to learn that the dealership had shown them a vehicle history report for a different car ...

Lavinia Alexander, clerk of the court for Baltimore City Circuit Court, died Tuesday after serving in the position since March 2015 following the death of her predecessor. Chief Deputy Clerk Marilyn Bentley will serve as acting clerk until a replacement is ...

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge who was disciplined in 2014 for “sarcastic, demeaning and mocking” behavior is facing similar allegations again for her conduct in the courtroom. Judge Lynn Stewart Mays, who has been on the bench since 2002, ...

The co-owner of a nonprofit urban farm filed suit against two Baltimore Police Department officers last week alleging they arrested him for theft without probable cause and damaged his reputation and business interests. Nkemakonam Obineme was arrested in August 2015 ...

A Baltimore judge should have found that the failure of Adnan Syed’s trial attorney to contact a potential alibi witness prejudiced the outcome of his case, lawyers for the subject of the wildly popular “Serial” podcast argued in a recent ...

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge received a public reprimand last week for yelling at an attorney in her courtroom and continuing to preside over his case despite acknowledging her inability to be impartial. Judge Pamela J. White was presiding ...

Members of the lead-paint bar will sit down with the committee overseeing changes to Baltimore City Circuit Court’s differentiated case management plan after attorneys raised questions about a draft of the plan at a hearing last week. Four committees spent ...

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge has not lost in an election since 1982. But as polls open for early voting Thursday, the slate of sitting judges faces two challengers, including a well-funded politician with name recognition. All six judges ...

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge Thursday threw out a $3.8 million jury award to the estate and family of a man who died of a heart attack after emergency medical personnel allegedly failed to follow protocol while transporting him ...